We praised this MacBook Air when it rolled out in 2018, giving it 4 out of 5 stars. It has a very nice 13.3-inch display with 2560-by-1600 resolution, a 1.6Ghz Intel Core i5, and 8GB of RAM in addition to the 256GB of onboard storage, twice as much as the base configuration. It’s also packing two Thunderbolt 3 ports. These are USB Type C ports that can be used for charging, DisplayPort, and blazing fast Thunderbolt data transfer. They can also be used as a regular USB port (Type C) at USB 3.1 Gen 2 speeds with a dongle.

One thing to be aware of is this laptop comes packing the much-discussed (and maligned) butterfly keyboard. But with a one-year warranty and Amazon’s liberal return policy, it’s worth trying it out.

Ian is an independent writer based in Israel who has never met a tech subject he didn't like. He primarily covers Windows, PC and gaming hardware, video and music streaming services, social networks, and browsers. When he's not covering the news he's working on how-to tips for PC users, or tuning his eGPU setup.